Where to watch Yoji Yamada in the UK
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Yoji Yamada (山田 洋次 Yamada Yōji, born September 13, 1931 in Toyonaka City, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese film director best known for his Otoko wa Tsurai yo series of films. He was born in Osaka. But because of the work of his father, who was an engineer for the South Manchuria Railway, from the age of 2 he was brought up in Manchuria. Following the end of World War II, he came back to Japan and subsequently he lived in Ube in Yamaguchi Prefecture. After receiving his degree from Tokyo University in 1954, he entered Shochiku and worked under Yoshitaro Nomura as a scriptwriter or as an assistant…
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- Tokyo Taxi (2025) Director
- The Twilight Samurai (2002) Director
- It's a Flickering Life (2021) Screenplay
- The Castle of Sand (1974) Screenplay
- It's Tough Being a Man (1968) Adaptation
- The Little House (2014) Director
- Fuusen no Doratarou (1981) Original Story
- Ken San (2016) Cast
- A Trap (1965) Director
- The Rainbow Seeker (1996) Director
- Free and Easy 6 (1993) Writer
- Mom, Is That You?! (2023) Director
- Tokyo Family (2013) Director
- Love and Honor (2006) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017) Director
- What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018) Director
- Free and Easy 20: Final (2009) Screenplay
- The Yellow Handkerchief (2009) Original Film Writer
- Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979) Writer
- Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978) Writer
- Kabei: Our Mother (2008) Director
- About Her Brother (2010) Director
- Free and Easy 4 (1991) Writer
- What a Wonderful Family! (2016) Director
- Tora-san, the Go-Between (1985) Director
- Center of Tokyo (1974) Screenplay
- Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984) Director
- The Greatest Challenge of All (1967) Screenplay
- Tora-san's Love Call (1971) Director
- The Yellow Handkerchief (1977) Director
- Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983) Writer
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version (1997) Director
- Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981) Director
- Tora-san's Lullaby (1974) Writer
- Free and Easy 7 (1994) Writer
- Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015) Director
- Tora-san, the Expert (1982) Director
- Free and Easy 16 (2005) Writer
- Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019) Director
- A Class to Remember (1993) Director
- Tora-san to the Rescue (1995) Director
- I Lived, But... (1983) as Self
- Where Spring Comes Late (1970) Director
- Tora-san Goes North (1987) Director
- Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986) Director
- Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971) Director
- A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998) Director
- Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again (1975) Director
- Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980) Director
- Free and Easy 17 (2006) Screenplay
- Free and Easy Special (1994) Writer
- Free and Easy (1988) Writer
- A Distant Cry from Spring (1980) Director
- Free and Easy 5 (1992) Writer
- A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen (2000) Director
- Tora-san's Forbidden Love (1984) Writer
- Monthly Salary: 13,000 Yen (1958) Screenplay
- Tora-san, My Uncle (1989) Writer
- The Hidden Blade (2004) Director
- Song of Love (1967) Screenplay
- Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969) Director
- The Sunshine Girl (1963) Director
- Our Symphony (1979) Original Story
- I, the Executioner (1968) Writer
- Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982) Director
- Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project (2001) Writer
- Tora-san, the Matchmaker (1979) Director
- Free and Easy 14 (2003) Writer
- Free and Easy 2 (1989) Writer
- Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980) Writer
- The Rainbow Seeker 2 (1997) Director
- Free and Easy 8 (1996) Writer
- Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970) Screenplay
- Zero Focus (1961) Screenplay
- A Class to Remember II (1996) Director
- Free and Easy: Samurai Edition (1998) Writer
- Tora-san's Lovesick (1974) Writer
- Onna no issho (1967) Screenplay
- Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976) Director
- Tora-san's Cherished Mother (1969) Director
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Most-watched Yoji Yamada films currently: Tokyo Taxi (2025), The Twilight Samurai (2002), It's a Flickering Life (2021), The Castle of Sand (1974), The Little House (2014).
What TV shows has Yoji Yamada appeared in?
Selected TV credits: It's Tough Being a Man (1968), Fuusen no Doratarou (1981), Shounen Torajirou (2019).
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